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CURRENT COMMENTS
Dr. R. J. Payne was in Washington
Tuesday.
Mr. Randolph Skinner is visit?
ing in Hichuionil
Mr. Herbert Steine is visit lag
friends In Washington
Judge A. W. Wallace has returiit'il
fr-jin it visit to Atlantic City.
Mr. Joma y. ?w-ck la out after
a severe spell of typhoid fever
Mr. Geo. I). Rows has roturiu-il freim
a visit to Doansville, Kerne* ??? .unty.
Mr M C. WllllS, Jr.. li.is re-uirn
od from a visit t?> Atlantic city
Mrs. P. V. l).uii?-l left Tutsalay I?>r
a Visit to friends in Loudoun Co
Miss Ma Carver, en this city,
left Saturday for Kin-; George.
whe-re she will be the KU??st e>f lu?r
cousin, Mr Jeff tle-iulet'son and
family
Mrs Samuel PattM ait.l little
daughter, Marie-, have roturaed
to Washington, aite-r spending the
Miiiniiier with her mot her. Mrs. El?
la Mi ('arty. ?>f Spotsyl?, ania.
Mr. and Mrg F. C. Hayes ami
son, of Was he nut on, who have
I???'!! gasets of Mr aiul Mrs. A. It.
Howering. have ri-turne-d home
Mrs Irvine- 1' Messi.k ami little
?latiKhter, ?>f IrviagtOP, are in -sts
e>f Mrs. 0. H Bherman.
Mr. T. M. I'utinii'ulian. return?
ed from Richmond Monday. His sein.
Hack, who was operated mi Sat ni?
el, ly. is improving.
Mrs H M Siiminei, of Albany,
?N. V . who has In??-:! visiting Mrs.
la. !.. Cochlll, returned Monday
Mr 97. 1. Barraas left Monday
for a bnsiiie-ss trip through North
?."anilina, Booth Carolina ami C.e-o
??ia in the interest of Hunter's foun?
dry
Mrs Hetty Clarke has returned
from a two Month's vacation in
Statford county
Mrs. t). J. Owens and Mrs. Emma
EuHss ami twn children an? visiting in
iintiit'.nnil.
M is Annie Kyland, of King William,
whe> has been a gu??st of Mrs. J. I'.
BtMW, returne-il home Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs. .1. Marshall BraxtOll
ami s?m, (Carter, of Jacksonville, Fla..'
are guests of Mrs. Anna M. 1!;
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hirsh bava re?
turnee! from a visit to Baltimore, Phil?
adelphia, New York and Atlantic City. :
Miss Rebecca M in turn Bird, daughter
of Prof, and Mrs. Hugh S. Bird, I? ft
Toeaday for a visit to Richinond and
Williamsburg.
Miss Clane-?- Fr?nela, of New York,
daughter of the late Seta I!. French,
anl Mix Russell, daughter
of Mr. I>. S. Russell,and M im French's
maid, le-ft Monday for Hot Springs, Vs.,
whi re they will aperad s?.nie- time.
Messrs. Ward and John Freeman,
who have been ill with typhoid fev?
er, continue to Improve.
Capt. J. F. Jack and Mr. M. Zim
pleman, of Port Conway. were vis?
itors here Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. K M. Curtis and
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Jewell, of
New York, were visitors to the1
Beaut? trial at Cheeterfleld C H
Momlay.
Mr B. Sidney Bradford, Jr., left
Tueaday to atteml the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington the'
rowing si.-ssion.
Mr. K. Haydon I'ozel has re
turneel from a visit to N'eirfolk and :
Peteratoarg
Style and quality in jewelry that
Kaufman sells. WS Main ?t.
Mrs. Cl?reme.- Ke-tr and children
have returned to Baltimore alter
a visit to relativ? s here
If it's jewelry you want, Kaufman,
the* jeweler, has it. I**!! Main St.
Mr. Jno. K. Turner, who ipent Mon?
day here with his brother, Mr. .la- N
Turner, return? ?I t>. Washington lues
day.
For Fancy Crimson Clover and Millet
?e??el ?-all on Decker & Aldrich.
.Mr. !.. (', Je.nes left Tuesday for
Towarieio, N. Y.. where he will partici?
pate in a family reunion.
Watches of e-nr, sty ie.size and price i
in gold,silver and nickel at Kaufman's,
the jeweler.
Mrs. W. H. Fitzhugh and chilelrer.of
Vicksburg, Miss., are guests of Mr.
Qao, W. Shepherd ?nil family em Wash?
ington Ave.
Any?iing in Jjwelry, if bought at (
Kaufman's, is right.
Mr. C. B. Conway, Jr., of Caroline
county, has gone tei Lexington to at-.
tenel the V. M. 1.
faut a pair for lL'n [?airs of black silk :
ho-e, the kind yt.u tinii else-wt;ere at
$1.00. just received Tuesday and go on
sale at once at C. W. Jones.
Mrs J. H. Perry and father, of
Spotsylvanla. have gone to Fairfax
to visit relatives for a few days.
Silk Hose?Always on the ah-rt for
??goiil tkiaga" Jemes found 120 pairs
tii.uk Bilk iH.se, vMtn lisle thread tope,
soles ami high spliced hi-e-K just the
graele you pay stores $1.00 for. This
lot goes on sale at once, at only r>i)c
pair.
Our millinery buyer, who Is In
the markets, sent us a Bles line of
the newest ihspss in White Fail
Hats, which are so very popular at
this time. Call and see them. The
demand for them has made them
scart-e. The T. N. Ureut Store
Diamonds, wati'hes, plain gold and
et rings. We have them and an al?
most endless variety of fine jewelry,
silverware, novelties, etc. The name
of The Norris Jewelry Store is synony?
mous with high grade goods at honest
prices. We shall be- pleaseel to show
y??u our line of gexxls that is known the
ejountry over to be as represente?!, lili?
Main St. Phone 200.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Botts have re?
turned from a two weeks v,sit to Koan
oke and Charlestown, W. Va. They
were accompanied home by Master
James H. Holts, Jr., who will go to
school in North Carolina in a few days.
Misses Lizzie Waiker, Mamie Fitz
patrick and Myrtle P.lack left Tuesday
for Baltimore and other northern mar?
keis in the interest of millinery depart?
ment of the? J. T. Lower* ?Ut-re.
Mrs. Mary F. Mt-Curry.of Mt. Wash?
ington, M?i., who has been visiting
Misses Sophia and Khett Calhoun, re?
turned ?heme Monday aci?ompanie-d by
her son, Mr. Isaac McCurry.
Mr. J?ihn F. (?ouldman, Jr., is having
the interior ?if his residence prettily
papered and painted.
The remain.? of Jennie Anderson,
colored, who died in Baltimore Monelay,
aged fl years, were brought here Tues?
day and taken to Spotsylvania for in?
terment.
Mr. Geo. I). Rowc spent Wednesday
in Richmond.
KING GEORGE COURT
Court Proceedings Political The
Crops, Notes, Elc.
Tin- September term of King George
court commeneed Monday. When Judge
Chichester convened court then were
?evaral hundred people presset Tin?
ta not large and the MSSion will
In- conclueleil by Wednesday. A grand
niry was empaneled com*n>scel of
"Messrs. Allan Smith, foreman, L. J.
Billingsley, B. T. Tsyloe, W. B. Talia
fe-rn . K. K. Ashtoti, T. H. Potts, C.
Purka, .). A. I'eid. Jr. T. M. Brown,
Ta C. Payne, T. L. White. "Two cases
were before the jury.
Commonwealth vs. Keibert Rich, at
tenipte'd rape?.
There was no e-vide-m-e anil no wit?
nesses and the- case is hehl.
Harry Lucas, assault with intent to
kill. True bill.
These two men are those who l
from jail.
T. !.. White, qualified as guardian of
Mabel Vera Davis ami Mary Klizabeth
Davis
Wallace- Jones VI I.itcMield (?rady,
judgment entered at last te-rm set aside
l>y consent of parties.
I'eil.ITU'S.
ihe election, both local and for U. s.
Senate, is exciting mach attention and
both sides are ready fe>r the primary on
Thursday. For the- Senate, both aidas
daim a majority, it will be close- und it
looka like neither party will get fifty I
majority. The Legislative tight is wann.
Messrs Peyton, Tavloe- and Berry were
pr?sent anil active.
WatATHCI AND ? inns.
A besvy wind, hall and rain storm
.??r the county Sunday. It did
-tome elan,age, but the benefits were
greater than damage. Th* late? corn is
rooting oui and with a late fall will
fair crop. The early cora is not
i half crop. All aorta of substitute cropa
rave been put in which will mature be?
fore frost.
NOTTS.
iter ami meat supper will be
given at Amber P. 0. Thursday, Sept.
nth, for benefit of Amber chapel.
\ ? ? h game of ball will be played
between Welcome and Paasspstansy at
! p. m. and supper from tl to S p. in.
The ladies m the Episcopal church
st King George C II. gave a splendid
dinner. It was largely patronized anil a
good sum realized.
The ie who Sttended from Fredericks
re-: Attorneys F. W. Cole-man.
{'. O'Conor Goolrick and W. D. Carter,
F. K. Tyler, Gregory and
Pratt, if tla- International Harvesting
i'?>. a representative of this paper ami
?then.
CAN SELL JAMAICA GINGER
Two cafes which have excited!
onsiderable Interest in King George
?oiinty were decided by Judge? Chl
hester At the May te-rm e>f the
'ircnit Court, M OSS?. J, .1 ami E
I' Qrigaby wer?- Indicted by the
praad jury tor s?-liing "Jamaica
ringer," the Indictment being temad
imler the provisions of the Byrd
ie|tior law. Counsel for the ac
:used, Mr C O'Conor Goolrick, fil-:
d a demurrer to each indictment,
mil after hearing argument of Mr.;
Rose for the Commonwealth and
Mr Cioolrick for the accused, the
-ourt sustained the demurrer in
?aili case ami dismissed the in?
dictments Counsel for the Messrs.
Qtrlgsb) argued that
Jamaica ginger, even though ad?
mitted to be intoxicating was m t
within the definition of anb-nt
spirits as defined by the Byrd law
itaoe its aaVe la waled packages by
country merchants Ll express?) per
mltted by the Pharmacy Act, found j
in Acts 1908 and Acts 1910. The
?ourt took this view,remarking that
;he responsibility for the s
?inge-r rested on the Gener
lemblj anil the courl could only ?
Follow the law as laid down by that
body.
KING GEORGE COURT ADJOURNS
The ?Circuit Court of King George
iiljoiirneel Tuesday ?veiling.
In the case of It. c. Qrymes v,
Board of Supervisors a demurrerI
to the bill was sustained and the?;
bill and proceedings dtsmlaaed ;-t
of I'- C Grymes, T, L
Hunter ami G. 0 Tayloe represent?
ed Orymee anil W. A. Rose? and
W. 1). Carter the Board of Supervis?
ors.
In the case of B. V. Smith Co. i
v. Board of Supervisors the court j
dismissed the suit on the ground
that it should have been brought ?
on appeal from th<- board refusing
to allow the claim as dlrescted by
the statute. C. O'Conor C.oolrick
for Stnith Co. and W. A
for the Board of Supervisors
MISSES NINDE ENTERTAIN
i Louise ami Evelyn Nlnde
entertained at s Dutch supper Mon?
day night at their home on Princesa
Ann?- sfr?-?-t in honor e,r their guests
Misses Aeb-laide Ke-inniere-r, of I'liil
sdelphla, ami Carrie? Caruthers, of
King George. Dancing wan indulg?
ed in until quite a lat<- hoar,
Among those pr?sent were
Bvs M Grasty, Of Washington; Kth
el Rollins, of King George; Basle
Tyler, Mattle Miller, Willie li?mes.
Mildred Baker, Baale White
house-, Adelina Mitche-11. and Messrs
Sam Barke, Harrison Montgomery,
(lunyon Harrison, Tom Brent, Louis
Wright, Wiley Weaver, W. Lewis,II.
Hut 1er, Mason Willis, Nat Rollins.
"t King George, and Coopte Lai, of
Petersharg.
MR. STAFFORD COOMBS DEAD
Recovers From (?landers Succumbs to
Bright'? Disease.
Mr. Stafford Coombs died at his
home in Stafford Sunday night, of
Bright'i disease.
Mr. Coombs, it will be remembered,
was in a hospital in Washington for
weeks soveral months ago suffering
from a case of glanders.
He had recovered from this disease
and returneel to his home, when l-e was
again taki-n ill. He is survive?! by his
wife, tine daughter, one sister and two
breithers.
DEATH OF A CHILD
Dorothy Pugh, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry i'ugli, died
Tuesday at the homo of its grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ken
dal. Tho funeral took place \\'. <!
ncsday morning at the- home or Mr
Kendall on Sophia street, in?
terment at Bowling Creen.
MILLINER/ OPENING AT
BOWLING GREEN
Mrs. Joel Haines will have her new
fashionable Fall Millinery opened on
Monday, Sept. 11th, court day, to
be sold at low??r prices that has ever
been sold in Bowling Green. All are in?
vite i. Mrs. Joel Haines.
U7-<t
MALMO BEVERLEY
In the drawing-room ofMiB-Brook, "
tin? hatnlsoine old place of Mr. and Mrs.
William Beveriey, near Broad Ron,
Fawniier county, was celebrated the
wed.ling of their daughter, Ml
Wslby Beveriey, and Robert1 Malmn.o'i
Panama, Wednesday afternoon, Rev,
A. D. Grinnsn officiated. A reception
folio wad.
Miss Norman Tyler, of Haymarket,
played the wedding marches.
The briile entered with he-r father.
Her gown was Of heavy whit.- utin
with court train and draped with crcp.?
ele- chine. The bodies embroidered in
st ?? i peai is und trimmed ?a ith old poii t
it has been worn by Mversl gen?
eration of briele-s. Sin- wore-a ncel.lue e
ot pesar?a and crceeenl of the
Her long vt ii of illusion was
caught with orange blossoms, and sin
e-arrieel shower bouquet of bride
Robert Blsi d BaverVy,of''BIandfteld,M
Esses county, was the groom'i best
mm.
The bride's aister, Miss Richardetts
Carter Beveriey, und her cousin, Miss
Fanny Scott lieve-rle-y, were- maids of
Little Mi - Nellie Be ?reriey, m
sis-.i r of the bride, and Carter Beveriej
he-Id the rjbbons,
After ?pending several weeki In the
Sapphire country of North Carolina,
Mr. Malino and Ins bride will sail for j
i, where they expeel to make
their It-ome.
REAR END COLLISION
Paseeagsr Train Runs Intei' Freight
Bagiaeer and Flrerass Injun ?I.
\ ? >k o,-curre-I at Hamilton'- I
ing on the K.. I i I' K. R. near tins
i ighl when a Southbound
? r tram which passe-d through
this City at 9*32 run Into <he- rear ee| a
freight tram.
nber of freight cars were ele
molishtxi and Engineer Farmsi
Firemsn 1 \>rt?-r. of the passenger train
were b ith Injured
Farmer bad an arm broken and Por?
ter was badly injured. They wore
brought to Um Mary Washington Hos?
pital here-.
ATTENTION, FELLOW DEMOCRATS
The Richmond rimes-Dispatch, the
leading Democratic newspaper m tin
State, advis? s the Democrats that Sen
; I : i IJ unworthy the ntlice ed
United Statea Senator, and adi
Dem?crata to vote agaii it him.
Can you, fellow Democrats, vote f.-r
sud. a man? Voter.
PATRICK-M'CALLEY
Mr. Win. Pal rick ol Newport
News, an employee In the con
?tractIon of the Normal >3chool,and|
Miss Matul McCalley, daughter <>f
Mr. and Mrs .1 M McCalley, of
'his eity.wore- married Monday night
at the- residen? e of Re i i: \
Williams, who performed the cere
mony The couple will reside In
thig city for the present.
CAKE WALK PRIZES
Tin? cake which will be given aal
a prize at tin- colored cake ?>a!k
Thursday night at tie rini;
exhibition in the window of Lee
it Bass' drag store on Commerce!
stree-t. it welgha IT pounds and
. In i iivimiti re nee i?
was baked by the Braanan Baking
Co. This and three- dollars in cash
will be the first prize.
JUSTICE B. F. EASTBURN RESIGNS
Justice Ite-njaniiii Franklin
barn has reslgn?ed his offteca
tice for Courtland district, in Spot
sylvania county. Judge Chichea
te-r has not as yet accepted hll
resignation, a successor to Jus
stburn will have to be ap?
pointed by the jmige
ATTENDING GOSHEN ASSOCIATION
l'?v R, A Williams. Re? Dee
tur Bdwarda, Mesara A B
lag, I.e.-?- .1 Braves, B B, Bastburn
ami J. R Rawllnga are attendlnj
the Qoaheo Baptli I A .Mon at !
County Line? Church, Caroline- Co
MR. AND MRS. GUEST RETURN
Vr. and Mrs. Frank B.
and chile! have- returned I > "Snow
den" from an extended riail to Califor?
nia, Washington stat?-. Oiegon, ar.il ,-it
1 lai a I i along the
Ci,n .eliji Pacific R. R.
Mr. Guesl nays that of all the large
alfalfa fields he saw in his travels, none
lurpaaaed those of ('apt. J. F. Jack, in
Kit g Gl orge?.
MARRIED
Robert A. Marshall ami Miss
(ola May Anderaoa, both of Bpotayl
vatiia county, were- mariie-d at
Mdence Of 0. W. Marshall
aear Qoodloe Aug. SO, ite-v. Decatur
Edwards officiating.
"BOSCOBEL" HOSPITALITY
Mr. c. ll. llurkainp entertained
the members of the- Bpotaylvanla
Road Board and several othet
at a splendid dinner at "Bo
Monday.
GOOD PASSENGER LIST
Ste-ame-r Lsncaster, which arrive el
here Monday evening, brought up over
one? hundred passengers for this city.
NO QUORUM
No quorum was present Tuesday
night at the meeting of the Ilusinens
Men's Association.
SERVICES AT LAMBS
CREEK CHURCH
The Re v. P.. T. Turner, of Madison,
Va., will h'M Krvtees at Lamb's
Creek church, Sunelay morning, Sept.
10th, l'.Hl.
STAFFORD PREACHING
There will be preaching at t he
following places in Stafford Sun?
elay Beat. 10; New li?>j?- il a. m.,
Andrew Chapel a V m. An
tieieh 7.10 p. m.
MUSSLEMAN-JOHNSON
Mr. Robert Loo Mussleman, of Staf?
felei county, and Mist? Annie L. John?
son, of Cuipeper, were marrieel at
Rockville. Mel.. Tuerday.
THE CONWAY, GORDON S GARNETT
...NATIONAL BANK...
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
Deposits Solicited Negotiable Paper Discounted
Handsome lithographed check books presented to each customer.
All correspondence promptly answered in sealed envelopes.
Merchants' business cards placed on their checks.
Bank Oren From 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
BEATTIE ON STAND
He is Trapped by Prosecutor
Wendenburg.
EALTERS EOR THE FIRST TIME
Stains ein f loi heft, del Not Fit lli*e Steir>
?if Wife's Murder.
At the ?Mid of sis hoars on the- wit
ne m stand in Ins own behalf at < heater
tii-lil C. II . Monday aftiriiiiuii, llenr?.
c. Beat?e, Jr., tourna himself inared
h-,- the relentletMexamination. Hewsa
-ittinir, clad in a cost bespattered with
blood eif the wife whom In- is eharged
with having murdered The exsminer
had insisted thai he put it on. By him
lined,but with
I plan- that ciHllil not I?'
reconciled witli the recountal of i ht il
cal facts thai had coarte from the
ner'c lips. Before him stood LeooisWer
lenburg, Commonwealth's prosecator,
driving at him ?question after question
relating to those blood stains.
Young Beattie faltered fur tin- Aral
tune during the- entire ill heiur-a. Hll
nerve ha ?en to
thai time ready, hut at this critical
point he could no) lift Ins eyes to metl
those ni the questioner; lus tongue
: agsinal dry li|>s.
The clock marked 6:30, and just then,
.vhi-n the prisoner was floundering si
all worst, Judge Watson announced
thai court stood adjourned, the
? the witness tu I.on
iinui'il Tuesdny morning.
The showing thai the young man
had made ap to tas 'as' hour ol
lu- iiiiift session had been such sa
i> Sielte e-oiiiini-nt.
The self-contslned youth parrleBd,
lodged, qnaltftad daring the
examination, using a positive state
.nt only when he bad to, and
teeming to fall to understand cer?
tain questions popped al him In or
ler tu gain time.
in two points, however, the pro
?tutor brought the read,
the prison? r to the ground
Phase wer,, upon the tacts ot his
relations with Beulab Blnford ami
n the- matter e>f tlie- physical farts
?Mending the murder ol Mrs Beat
lie a.s se?t feirtii in the prisoner'!
tftorj e.t thai fatality.
Upon both these Issues the
?i made admissions which fully
ally with the tbeorj ol the
?cation, <<r blundered Into stick?
ing by assertions widely at variant**
evit h physical potslbillt)
Beattie had endeavored to Indi
the prosecutor just how he
ia,i held tin- body ol his wife af?
ter sin- had been shot by the high
?r ay man, who, he?
'll- spread onl Ins lefl hand
uni indicated with his rlghl the
notion ot manipulating the
ing n heel of an automobile
"There, take? that, little boy, '
commanded Wendenburg, " md show
the Jury, by using hla beady, Just
aow you supported your wife in the
lutomobile just after ahe had
? it "
A barefooted little boy, wn
been si ting as cops runner for the
reporters drew awaj from the
roung man in the chair as be
: nut his hannd.
Then the I
ter of all eyea overcame the lad's
timidity, and be allowed Beattie to
tie's l?-ft h ind spread o
niai back Just above th-- lun?
illa cut-down Iron
"So thai is how you sup]
? mu- wife's bod] after abe ?as
shot. I ask >eiii now te? look at the
I, which you
' eif the murder.
me if yon
in it?"
Wen den bu i Irt up
touched
the gar
turned II over th<
kepi pulslt ind no
blood on
"Von sa\ that whe-n youi
? ot you felt hi-r bead fall
shoulder," Wen
lenburg drove the next question
Look at the lefl shoulder ot that
*liirt and point oui blood
ttpol t ? ? In n her
besad touch? 'l your shoulder."
? 1 the
no blood on the shoulder
"I think I may have- I
m whe lurder oeccurred,''
Beattie flnallj
Wendenburg directed Sheriff Olli
tO e!i\e- Into the- old i ardlioard bOX
nui briag from it the? fachet
. worn on tin? alghl his wife
In When the brown jacket
mded to him he stood ap,
divested blmsell ol his aesl blas
targe jacket and pal en the other.
"Now look on the lefl
and the left shoulder of that jack?
et," the prosecutor commanded,
"anel point oui to the Jury the
blood spots that Were made when
your Wife's lnad fell B|
as you have ladle
looked Dulder
ami sleeve There were? no dark,
stains there-, although one could
he- seen Is the middle of ins hark
ami another mar the tail eif the;
coal at the back.
The cross questioner then wanted
to have Beattie show the Jury just.
how he had disposed ol his wife'i
body in tin- ear after he had r?
turncii from grappling with the
highwayman and had started his
machino homeward.
"I found my wife's bodj lying
over the left bw-at, with bear head
in my Mai to the right," Boattle
eaid. "1 laid her body se? thai bar
feet wer?? banging out over the
left runnlngboard. Tin- middle e,f
h?-r body ?as on the left aeat, and
ray left arm was around her."
Hare th?' prisoner bent himself dool le?
in illustrating. "Her head was hanging
ove-r in he-r lap, like that," be said.
"Yoa're SUN Iht he-ad was hanging
over in her lap?" Wendcnburgasked.
"Ye?, surt-; and my left arm was
around her waist as 1 drove with my
right."
"If it should apt ear in evidence in
this case that there was not eme bit ?if
blood on the- frunt eif your wife's dress,
would you still gay that her head
was banging over her lap?"
"If you will let me put you over two
tha'rs. Mr. Wcndenhurg, I will show
you what I mean." Reattie answered,irt
evasion.
The prosecutor said that he would not.
Another difficult task for Beattie to
follow wag that steered by Wcnden?
hurg, when he? (?uestionod the young
man minutely upon the? relative dis
tanee between the car and the? beardeel
assailant who had stepped so suddenly
from the siele of the road.
"When did you first sec the gun in
the man's hand?"
"After the car stoppe.! I stopped be?
cause I thought I was going to run over
him."
"Anil so you didn't notice the gun un?
til after the car stopped? Wh??re did he
gun from?"
Beattie said that he didn't know. It
was not until after the man raise-d the
gun and pointed it at him that he saw it.
The witness could not answer satisfac
? torily why it was that with a ??ood mar
!gin of the road still left to him he had
!not run past the intruder. Nor could he
explain why, when he stooped sud?
denly over to release his clutch and
start the machine the gun, which he
says had been covering him, should
have swung up and to the right so that
his wife received the charge designed
for him.
He asked Beattie what his wife had
said when she saw the gun pointed at
him? Had she screamed? No, Mrs.
Beattie had just sat still, uttering nota
sound.
The prosecutor was merciless in un?
covering the sordid facts about Beattie's
relations with the girl whom he had
first seen when she was just one month
past 18, and in short dresses.
"In the few months before your wife
died were not your nights with Beulah
Binford Mondays,Thursdays and Satur?
days?" the prosecutor demanded.
Beattie tried to evade by saying that
these were the nights he was not with
his wife, but Wendenburg got him to
confirm the fact that on the Thursday
and the Monday before Mrs. Beattie
was murdered he had spent the night
with his mistress.
"Isn't it a fact that you were in love
with this woman?"
"Decidedly not," Beattie returned,
contemptuously.
m burg |-r rduced a little yellow
eovered diary ni.el askeel Beattie if la?
had e \er read it It was Beulah Bin
ford's diary e>f her alfair with Beattie,
and the last entry in it wss on the night
In-fore? Mrs. Hiiittie- wss iinirilered.
I h? witness saiel that he might have
glanced through it earlessly, hut that
le- re-mi-itilii-n-d nothingef its contents,
a tight to pel the
eliary into evidence, hut the court rul??d
tiiat it was only by putting tin r
girl on tin- stand to identify it that he
could do go.
"Now, isn't it u fact, Henry Beattie,
that while- yeiiir wife- was mothering
your child you were preparing t<> fur?
nish a tint for this girl.''' Wendenburg
aske-d afte-r he- had had He-attie I
a letter in which be told Beulst) Binford
always te. get a receipt from the furtn
tun- man upon the monthly payments
which Beattie himself would n
"No one COUld furnish a Hat on $10,"
r.. ait..- ai iwered spunkily, mentioning
the- installme nl sum quoted m the let
ter. But Wenttenbutrg was insistent.
Finally BeSttie -aid that he was hi-lii
ing, bul othe-rs were doing it, too. lL
lid not ept to say "..the.
friends. "
"What did yon mean by signing this
letter'Oe ans of love, brimming with
Was that a way a man w.euld
address s aroman if be did ml love her?"
"elli, that meant nothing at all,"
Beattie answered, with an airy wave ot
his hau!. "I've said that teieithe-r girls
ind times."
The prisoner's father sat with his
face- hidden hy a palm leaf fan.
i-vi-r, duiing the course- of tin
W en lenburg mentioned the
asme of Paul Beattie, the cousin who
has givi n the most damaging testimony
against Beattie, the witness would voi
,??thing disi-rcdital.il- to Paul.
[hough he began by saying thai be
nad never had anything to do with ln<
rom paying him money
when In ame tu beg at the- Beattie
-teire-, Beattie admitted later that three
to the
through Paul, and once-,
? i tin- murder, had askeel
r .? if Beulah had been ar
:.lttnl having take-n his c.-isit
I'huI to i.,i ? with him on tin- Saturday
night preceding the- murder, winch, sc
Cording to Paul's testimony, was the
night be delivered the- gun to Il?n;ry,
mi be i'.- !... I flatly having called to
meet Paul by appointment on the
. night preceding which
?ion Paul hsa testified Henry asked him
to buy tin- gun. He disclaimed any
'?'.. th-- purchase- ?.f a gun
tiy l'a-.I. and denied receiving the gun
from him.
r the defense twitted the
. not putting tin- Binford
cirl ?en t? Attorney Smith, of
I had any op
portunit) of even ipesking with her, as
'he- aras kept incommunlcsdo in jail,
Judge Wstson, m surprise-, de
?lared the- defense would bave every
' r with the- girl?
sid in wish?
ed his i . ? girl.
The- prosecution h would
?all tin- girl.
BEATTIE VERDICT SOON
Prisoner Hopeful, as Shown by
His Acts.
TESTIMONY IS ALL IN, ETC, ETC
Only the oratory e.: lawyers anil
the deliberation ot Jurors no
mala between H ?' Beattie, Jr.,
ind the few words which will
.-lid him to the electric chair
freedom
The- taking of evidt
Ding
Wedne : noun i is co
Harry Smith, and Prosecator Wen
lenberg will argue in private
in how .Indite- Watson should -
(he Jury Then mi Thursday the
ld.lre-s.se-s to the- jury Will he- III.id.-.
ind hy Friday the
fii-ld farmers will retire- for their
momentous balloting, a verdict
should he- had Ktid.ty or Sa' urda;.
The most natural inquiry perhaps
is: How does young Beattie fe---l
saoul tb on Replj ma?, be
bad From tin? lucidtMil
? ? WM loeikillK oil' ol
anteroom Tuesday at 2 o'clock, Just:
finishing his ellnner. II?? saw a
groap of five young girls from his
town, South Richmond, who
w.-r.' 1 ' b senne
tor.s and ?*OT*respe**ndents He waved
) dr?w mar his
window.
"I hope pretty soon, girls, well
all h.- nut on a Joy ride togeth?
er," ho said grinnlngly.
"Wo certainly hope sei. Henry;
we wish yeni all the Inch In the
world," returned th?- girls, who ware
all old rrie-nds of his. Hut the-lr
i'oiiiit?-naii( e-s were by no means so
hopeful as hi?. He> apparently no
thla, and said voluntarily:
"Don'l worry; it's a sun? thing."
if young Beattie really thought
so he was alone in his opinion.Kv-M)
his relatives ami most intimate
would predict no such thing,
though moat of tlie-m believe a die
? in of the- jury will be
lit of tin- trial. They baaed
'ins merely upon supposition thai
his story of a highwayman having
slain his Wlfs may have created
enough reasoaable doaht in the
minds of several jurors t?i hang tin?
rest and prevent a verdict.
The? young defendant, pale? hut
nervy, took the stand te> re-sum-'
the ordeal of cross-examination at
the beginning of Tue8da>'s session
He? was ve-ry self-confident in the
knowledge that he had not broken
down though he had suffered some
s.v.re- blows under the- attack hy
Proaecator We-inie-nberg.
"How was it," demanded tho
prosecutor, "that si the van tlaie
you re-ached the spot where you
say tho highwayman kill?-?l your wlfo
tho gun which your cousin, Paul
i, bought for you was there
In tho highwayman's hands?"
"I elldn't kneiw anything alieiut
any gun Paul bought," retort?
ed Henry
This is where the Stato will mako
Its big play In tho argument:
"How could unknown hlghwanian
have In hla possession a weapon
which Paul BeatttO bought and
says he dolive-re-d to H??nry?"
That Pad bought, tho gun is cor
taln. Tho pawnbrokers who sold It
have sworn so. The fact is taken
even by the defense as uncontrove-r
til?!?-, although Henry denies thai
Paul ove-r gate it t?) him, or that
he had knowledge- of It.
"How did that gun." repeated
Btor W'-tidotitX'rg, "happe-u to
be at that spot waiting to kill your
wife?"
"I cannot give any explanation,"
salel Beattie, placidly.
"That's all," snapped the
lawyer, and tho youth's ordeal waa
over
Tho dpfentM? of Heat tie, Jr., wai
a completo denial of the story o
his cousin Paul. Paul swore that
In tho first placo, Henry met hin
at Short anil Main str-ets, Rich
mond, en the Thursday night be
foro tho mureler?that was on Tues
day, ?ily 18?and commisslonod hin
to buy a ahotgun. Then. Paul tea
tifiad, he df-e-livercd the gun tc
Henry on the Saturday night aftei
the purchase. Finally, that aftei
tho homicide, Henry begged hin
to keep quiet about the gun pur?
chase, and confessed that he had
slain his bride.
Henry In his cross-examlnatlot
aworo that he bad not met ble
cousin on the Thursday night, and
Prosecutor Wemlenberg declared h<
would produce witnesses to prove
that the meeting had taken place.
Before ho elid so, he said to the
Jurors:
"Have you gentlemen any ques?
tions to ask Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr.?" To a man th??y shook
their heads negatively. This waa
regarded as a bad sign for the boy
on trial, Indicating, perhaps, that
they had made up their minds
about his story of the highwayman.
The defense having closed with
Beattlo's last answer, the State
put on In rebuttal Harry Latham,
one of Beattle'a own friends. He
?wore that he beard the defendant
call up some ?juq on the? Thursday
night in i|iiostlon and say: "Meet
mo at Short and Main streets In
fifteen minutas." That is just the
msssags Paal itotattio swore be re?
ceived Then .leihn McAvoy, a sa
loonke-e-iie-r, declSXSd that the two
youths had been In his place -in
tho night spoken of and had drank
foecthor. Paul's testimony was that
they'd had ? couple eif Jnle
other witnesses, acquaints!
one or tie- othe-r Beattio, vow?
ed 'hu thej had been together.
Mrs Paul Beattie, the cousin's
wife-, and Mis .1. V. Houchens, bis
mother-In law, swore thai their tel?
ephone hell rang that night; thej
e-alleel Paul t?> the wire ami beard
him say: "All rl-^hl ; 111 be at
Short und Main In a quarter ol an
hour."
They also te-stiiie-.l thai Ihej
lie'.inl an SOtomoblle elrav, up bo
foro their home thai night ami
beard Paul, alighting, s,,\ ? aood
nicht, Henry."
\ dosen or more chara? te r
tii-sse-s ami a number of experts
toeik up the rest of the- i|a-,
Henry Owen said: ? i remember
at h.-ast eme en- two occasions, not
long after the? baby was born somo
live <ir six we-e-ks before m
died, when tiny WOTe not mi good
te-riiis. They had quarreled and
?were mad at each, other, ami Henrj
did not kiss Louise as In- left the
boaao."
Beattie gland at his brother-in
law, Just as he glared at his cous?
in Paul
Just before the taking ot the
evidence was concluded Wednesday
ono thing was settled positively
Beulah Binford will not be
as a witness. The State ??I afraid of
he-r, bacanas it knows that she
? nid Beattie bad leeret communies
Hem while In jail, ami it
know- which way she'd Jump, ami
tin- defense eien-sn't want tin- Jury?
men tel Se-e- he-r lest they sheilild dis
e-ern In h?-r beauty ami youth
ful (harm a plausible nmt i\ ? for
? Ing.
PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPLETED
Plans For Ceinstruetiein of N. \. |{. |{.
Ili-ing Prepare.
Tho preliminary survey for the
proposed Richmond ami Northern
Neck Ballrosd vm completed last
Friday when the engineer corpa of
that company, in charge Of Mr I. II
Wlllcox, reached Bandy Point, at the
mouth or tin- Wlcomico river em
the Chesapeake Hay.
Tho line as now run from Dos
w.-ii, where it wnnects with the i!
f. ami P. R. R. and the- (' ami O.
It. R., is 83 miles in length, to o(
which pass through tin- emu.
Richmond, Westmoreland ami Nor>
thumberland in the? Northern Nesck,
the h?lame passing through Han
ive-r, c.iroline-, King William, King
in.I <'ue-e-n and ESSOX on tin- sollt h
ride.
That tin? promoters of the- move
meal are sille-ele. ?s I ? \ i e|. Ilce-e I 1|Y
ihe- fact that up?r?n reaching Sandy
l'oint t h?- corps wss given Instru?**
:leiHS tel pfeill-l el II ilk OVOT t ll?*
lim- em a locating survey at one..
This work win consume from two
to three months ami plans for the
beginning of construction >><>rk, up-l
m completion of the location, are
now being prepared
The e-orps. which is now in camp
*t Wlcomico church, began th?- hi-.
cation last Friday Tin- members
:ir.- well ami have- he-.m enj
seiino rare- sport crabbing and fish?
ing in th?- waters of tin- Wlcomico
during their spare mom
GEORGE OOWNMAN BURIED
The remains ot tin? late i
Downman, wine died la Bl Louis, ar?
rived here Wedmssdaj afternoon
un] were- int. rn-d in the t tmlly lot
in the City Cemetery.
The- pallbearers were Messra F. L
W. Oreen, R, H, Carmicbael, ?leo
97. She-phi id. Prank Beale, Mar?
shall Braxton and ll. Lewis Wallace
TO PLAY MATCH GAME
Mr Lee Wallace went to ,\i. \ in
elria w'eeine sda> tu arrange tor a
serlas ?>r gam-as of baseball be?
tween Alexandria Athletic Clab ami
the White. Oak Stars.
GUESTS AT WHITE PLAINS
Mrs ('huas .1 Stoll, eif Ral-1
Minore?; Miss M J Bauer, of Phil-1
adelphla, ami Misa Katherine? Se-h
reie-de>r, of .Ww.ii k. N. .1 , are- '
of the- Mrulle? family at White- Plains
on the sulnirhs of tin- city.
MASSAPONAX PERSONALS
Maasaponax, Va., Bepi I.
i w Itoh Beveriey and its
wald ''oh-, of Richmond, an- raatt
cating at Rive
Mr an.I Mrs. I Iowa tel Mattliir-ly
and two sons, of Washington, are
guests eif Mr and Mrs. T. A Fraser
entry.
Mrs. itoyil l>. Chandler and daugh?
ter, Miss Ann.- BOyd, eif Cliarleitti s
rille, an? quests Of Mr an.I Mr
F. I,. Fra/.r
Me-ssrs ElWOOd and I. Gaylo,
Brown, Colbert, Holllngswortb ami
Howard Masters, of ffTederickSburg,
ami Miss Marguerite Colbert were
guests at Klwrsiiie- Monday ;?. m.
RACE HORSES FOR FAIR
Mr. QootgO l!r' nton, of Mai
has arrived bare with two raes
horses and is quartered at tie? Fair
(Ireiunds. Tl.ey will he- entered for
several races at tin- Fair on Bept.
If, M ami 18.
The? ptrnepeeta aro good for a large
number of hors, s tei ceiinpe-te In I
se-ve-ral ?venta.
PROF. CHANDLER
TO MAKE ADDRESS
Prof. A. 1!. Chandler,Jr.,of this city,
wiU deliver the address at the? laying
of the cornerstone of Somerset High
School in Orange? county on Thursday,
Bept nth.
SPOTSYLVANIA CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT COMMITTEE
A rnectinji of the Spotsylvania Con?
federate Monument Committee will he
?held in tho Omrt House? Tuesday after
jno.iii, Se-pt. 12th, at :i o'clock. Husines?
?of importance is to he trsneacted ami a
full attendance is de-sired.
Mrs. Lizzie J. Harris, chairman.
Mrs. Willie Rhodes Waller, secretary.
TO VOTE AGAIN ON BROAD TIRES
The Board Of Supervisors e>f Sp?>t
sjlvanla county it is said will di?
rect that a special elcctiem be hold
in Novcmher to say whetlmr or not
broad tires shall be used on the
permanent improved roada. An < -1 ? -?
tloa was he-Id a ye-ar ago ami
broad tires were defeated by one
vote.
TRIED TO SET JAIL AFIRE
BettieTaliaferro, colored, who is in
jail awaiting the grand jury, charged
with larceny, tried to set the jail on
fire early Tuesday morning. She suc?
ceeded in burning the mattrets in her
?cell, but the officers were- notified in
| time and no other damage was done.
j The woman was yelling and mourning
like a crazy person after the fire was
extinguished. She is said to be a laud
I anum fiend.
REAL ESTATE WANTED
We have buyer? for real estate on
Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers.
List your property with us at once.
Piedmont Real Estate Aj^ncy,
tf Fredericksburg, Vs.
Chancellor Makes The Price!
Spring Farming 1911
American Win- FendnsT, from 26 to ?S inches hivrh; I,arl?-el Win-ami Staples, Superior Disc Drills, Drag:
and Spring; Tooth Harrows, the Berat Manure? Spreadera,the Beat Gasoline Knifincs, 2 to 20 Horse 1'ower;
Sawmills, Farmers' Friend Corn Drills, with and withe.ut fertilizer attachments; th?? Most Improved
Cream Separators, all sizes; Hand ami Mors?? and Riding Cultivators, Farm Wagons, <'arria??-'*,Bu^es,
ami other Vehicles, Tar I,. ??. r i n j.?- Paper anel Caps, Oliver Chilled Plows, Farmers' Fri??nel Flows, Churns,
( nuns, Well Buckets, Spaders, Hoes and <>th?-r Farming Implements hou-arht fejr (ash in large eiuantitiea
?ad offered at the wry kmeat earii price. REMEMBER THF?: NAME AND PLACE
M. S. Chancellor
FARMERS' SUPPLY STORE, Commerce Street.
HOUSEKEEPERS WEEK
Week Beginning Monday, August 28th
EVERYTHING IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS AT SPECIAL PRICES
Blankets
Counterpanes
Quilts
Lace Curtains
Sheets
Pillow Cases
Sheetings
Damask
Napkins
Etc.
This is an unusual sale as these goods are seldom sold at sac ifice prices. Come and get
your winter supply at Cut Prices.
Fredericks- f Id HUICC Big
burg's t. W.JUIlL) store
?MB
Several More People Added Enough
to Their Accounts Yesterday to
Set Over The Hundred Mark
W'e- always like? to see that, because the Brat hundred is l>y far the harelest to evn.
Anybody who has determination e-n?iti,cli to save up a hundred doUan iaoa th?? hi-arh
road te> Bueeem, It cotmes easier after that, ami the? ?nte-tv^t ln-n-'n.-> t?> mount up ejuick.
D.in't pfel eli.~e-.,uianve|, anel don't wail until you have- enough in yemr [Kicket ti) make a
biff e|.-|iiisit, becaoae it is apt to "burn a hole in your pocket." Brinir i-aeh dollar jroa
oui apare to the hank rijrntaway, where it will be removed from temptation.
We ? Dp*. ?*w\ Compound Interest
pay 0 - vf vUll on Savings Accounts
The Farmers & Merchants State Bank
FREDKR1CKSBURG, V.\.
Capital . It^ooo.oo
Surplus anet Profit!. -"?'..'??i '?'
Resooretes eOver. .S-Vio.uoo.tw
National Bank
OF FREDERICKSBURQ.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits. $120.000
The quick MtttS of thhl hank constat o? Rtoneya, short time ?/?It-e.ltfeel neites, State anil city b??n<k fltt.OOO
int of capital, surplus and profita, anregating n??arly half a million e>f the? best resources, which can be realize?!
on immediately. Hence bere is a -guarantee that any <l??i>e.sitor can i?et his money without neiti<?e at any time he
Irishes it. The National llankinK law prohibita loan? by this hank M real estate. All transactions with this bank
strictly confidential. We? aolidl your patronage.
Security to Depositors and Courtesy to all Customers.
A. W. ?-VALLACF,, President. J. ARTHUR TAYLOR, Cashier
Real Estate
Wanted
Wanted---To rent de?
sirable farms for cash
rent. Also want to rent
i. e s i r a b 1 e residential
property in this city. If
pou have farm or city
property you want to
rent, apply at once to
John W. Allison, Jr.,
Fredericksburg, Virginia.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. K, J. Smith hit-? returne??l from
a visit to her former home? in King
(?eeirge.
Mr. Chan. French ami Miss Sallie
French, e?f Stafford, ami m ihm Dongan,
if Delaware?. s|x-nt Weelncselay In Ki?*h
monel.
I'rof. A. B. Cliatuller. Sr., of l!e,wl
?ng tire???ii, earn* up WVelne-ulay to he-iir'
the speech eif Hon. Wm. A. Je>n??s that
night.
Miss Isahc-llc Allison,etaughter of Mr. ?
and Mrs. Kmmctt Allison, left Wednes j
day for Staunton. where ?he will at
ti'iiil school the coming session.
Mrs. A. Young anel ?laughter, who
have been guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Stockman, of Sj-otsylvania, have re?
turned to Washington.
Mr. V. Reamer, of Washington, has
returneel to Washington, afte?r a few
days visit to his sister, Mrs. .1. H.
Stockman, in Spotsylvania.
Mr. J. K Sim anel family, of
New York, who have? I..-.-I1 sp??nel
Ipg the Buniini-r st Siieiinit, in Spot
aylvania, will return Sat?rela-,.
MARINE BAND COMING
The celebrated United States Marine
Band will he heard here in one of iti
band concert soon.
WANTKU
A good reliable man to work a
sz-all farm on R. F. & P. R.
John Washington,
M i I fot el, VS.
Iaug29-6t.
IX)S t
NearToluca, Va., Metropolitan po?
lice badge No. 380. Reward if returned
to.J. F? Wilson, Police ?ept., Wash?
ington, ?. C. , sep5-2l
The 25th Annual Fair
?OF THE
R.V.A.&M.Society
Frederichsburg, Va.
September 26.2128,1911,
Better Than Ever Before
Good Races, Fine Band Music,
Amusements of all kinds, Enter?
taining and Interesting Features
Farmers' Institute Second Day
Confederate Reunion Third Day
Excursion Rates on Railroad and Steam?
boat Lines
It's Everylxxly's Fair, Let ?.. ;erybody come.
For Premium List and other information address
Capto D.M. Lee, Pr?s. S. 8. Qu?nn, Sec.
